Next week wine professionals from around the world will gather together in Montpellier for the
Millésime Bio 2016 organic wine fair. The
Challenge Millésime Bio wine competition is also run for the event, and this year saw three of our partner winemakers win medals.
This international wine competition receives more than 1200 wine samples from France and from others countries around the world. It is always presided over by a well known personality from the professional wine world, and this year the Jury President was Lars Torstenson, a Swedish oenologist based in Provence for the past 25 years, and who travels the world tasting wines for his job.
The tasting of the 1392 wines presented this year took place on the 12th January, and the jury awarded 419 medals:
- 136 gold medals
- 172 silver medals
- 111 bronze medals
Our partner winemakers once again figured amongst the winners of this prestigious organic wine competition:
- The Clos la Bohème (Haut-Médoc) 2012 from Château Beau Rivage, near Bordeaux, won a gold medal
- Domaine la Cabotte in the Rhone Valley saw their Garance (Côtes du Rhône Village Massif d'Uchaux) 2014 awarded a silver medal. This is also the wine chosen by Gourmet Odyssey for the Wine Experience!
- Domaine Chapelle in Burgundy received a bronze medal for their Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot 2013 red wine.
Congratulations to all
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Awards at the 2015 Millésime Bio fair
Being an organic winemaker
Now that last year’s harvest is now over and the first of stages of the vinification are completed, it’s time for our
partner winemakers to present their latest wines during the 2016 wine fairs. Come and meet our winemakers and taste their organic wines at one of the following events.
Château Beau Rivage - Bordeaux
Salon Vinidome - Grande Halle d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand
5–7 February 2016
Salon des Vignerons Indépendants in Strasbourg – Stand A 15
19-22 February 2016
Salon des Vins de France – Nantes La Trocadière – Rezé – Stand 15
18-20 March 2016
Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard – Burgundy
Salon des Vins de Mâcon – Spot, Parc des Expositions
17-19 April 2016
Domaine Allegria
Salons des Vignerons de Liège, Belgium - Caserne Fonck, Outremeuse
2-3 April 2016
Salons des Vignerons Indépendants « Nature et Vin » in Paris – Espace Champerret
27-29 May 2016
Domaine Chapelle - Burgundy
Salon du Vin et de la Gastronomie in Neuville de
Poitou - Salle des Fêtes
Saturday 13 February, 10:00-19:00 and
Sunday 14 February, 10:00-18:00
Salon Vivre Autrement Bio
in Paris - Parc Floral (12e)
11-14 March 2016
Salon des vins et produits régionaux de
Paray-le-Monial - Centre
Associatif Parodien, rue Pierre Lathuilière
Saturday 19 March, 10:00-19:30 and Sunday 20 March, 10:00-19:00
Journées Gourmandes du Grand Morvan à Saulieu - Hall des Expositions
Foire gastronomique de Mailly Champagne
13 au 15 May 2016
You can also meet the winemakers during one of the upcoming Gourmet Odyssey Discovery or Vinification Experience Days.
More information
Here’s an original gift idea for St Valentine’s – Adopt some vines with your loved one and make your own personalised bottles of wine together. From the vine to the bottle, get behind the scenes in an organic French winery and follow the work of the winemaker as he shares with you the keys steps in making your own wine.
It’ an imaginative gift for Valentine’s Day for any wine affecionado. You can choose to adopt some vines in one of our 7 organic partner wineries, and for a wine-making year, you’ll follow their evolution via newsletters, blog articles and photos. At the end of the experience you’ll get to personalise the wine labels and you’ll have a great time whilst you taste your own wine!
If your better half loves wine, then this personalised gift pack is sure to please. The welcome pack includes a sommelier’s apron, a Drop Stop, personalised certificate and further details of the chosen wine experience.
And to make the gift even more hands-on, you can add a wine experience day at the winery. You can choose a Discovery Experience Day to learn about the work in the vineyard to produce the best possible grapes, or you could go for a Harvest Experience Day and get involved in picking the grapes and following their journey into the fermentation tanks. And then there is also the Vinification Experience Day to learn about the work in the cellar to transform the grape juice into wine. Each lasts a full day from 9:30 to 16:00, and gives you the unique opportunity to follow and help the winemaker in his work, to share a meal, and to taste the wines from the winery.
All of our partner winemakers are organically certified, and are passionate about their work. They’ll welcome you with open arms, and you’ll get to share a unique and authentic moment in a French vineyard. It’s also the perfect excuse to get away for a romantic break in France!
More information on the Wine Experience.
So 2015 is over, and what a year!
The Gourmet Odyssey team grew and perhaps you have already had the good fortune to meet Stéphanne, Simon, Mégane or Louise who joined us to accompany our clients during the Experience Days at our partner wineries.
In the vineyard, 2015 was a great year. Mother nature was kind, providing a cold and dry winter, a mild spring, and a summer which held back a few surprises to keep our winemakers on their toes. The 2015 vintage is looking to be a very promising year, and we're already beginning to wonder how the next year will shape up.
Once again, we shared some great moments with you in the wineries, and we're looking forward to making new acquaintances and renewing old ones in 2016! There's still much to learn and share in the world of winemaking.
We wish you all an excellent 2016, and hope that the year is full of great times shared, passion, and discovery.
Mark, Marie, Ines, Stéphanne, Louise, Mégane and Simon
